The following articles and essays provide additional insight into current developments and issues which our staff and experts are following.
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Despite Threat to Breach Limits, Iran Remains Below the Nuclear Deal’s Caps
June 5, 2019
While Iran appears to be exercising restraint and remaining in compliance with the JCPOA, its threats to violate the deal jeopardizes the future of the accord and risks reigniting a nuclear crisis.
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Let’s not spend $1.7 trillion on our nukes, a group of N.J. professors say. Let’s get rid of them, and the threat of a catastrophic war.
May 26, 2019
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Reporting on the 2019 NPT PrepCom
May 10, 2019
Research assistant Alicia Sanders-Zakre provides here regular updates from the NPT PrepCom meetings taking place at the United Nations from April 29 to May 10.
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Leaving the Arms Trade Treaty would be another shot in America’s foot
May 10, 2019
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Understanding the U.S. Moves on JCPOA Nonproliferation Project Waivers
May 7, 2019
The Trump administration's announcement of waivers to allow the continuation of projects at key Iranian nuclear sites is clearly in the U.S. and international community's interest, but its decision to cut down on the length of the waivers and tighten nuclear-related sanctions in other areas puts the deal in further jeopardy.
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North Korea Stays in Focus Amid Talk About Next Summits
April 19, 2019
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U.S.-Russian Experts, Fmr. Officials Urge New START Extension, Renewed U.S.-Russian Strategic Dialogue
April 12, 2019
Executive director Daryl Kimball reports on the public statement from distinguished U.S. and Russian experts calling on U.S. and Russian officials to get back to the arms control negotiating table, with the first order of business being agreement on a five-year extension of the 2010 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START).
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2020 Trump Budget Aims To Boost US Nuclear Capabilities
April 5, 2019
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Are We Approaching the End of the Arms Control Era?
April 1, 2019
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“Proposed Small Arms Transfers: Big Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy”
March 26, 2019
Testimony by Jeff Abramson, senior fellow, before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations on proposed changes to firearms export policies by the Trump administration